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Who Speech and Language Therapists help

a. Children and adults with communication difficulties including:

• Understanding what others say
• Remembering words and what they mean
• Putting words together to make sentences
• Pronouncing words correctly (as expected for their age)
• Interacting socially with others
• Selective mutism (only speaking in certain situations)
• Stammering
• Voice quality (for example, a constant hoarse voice)
• Therapists also work with babies, children, and adults who have difficulties with feeding and/or swallowing.

b. Children or adults may need help with communication skills if they have diagnosed conditions including:

• Acquired Brain injury (such as stroke)
• Autism
• Cleft Palate
• General learning difficulties
• Otitis Media, otherwise known as ‘glue ear’. This can cause intermittent hearing impairment
• Progressive neurological disorders (such as Parkinsons disease)
• Verbal dyspraxia (a motor coordination difficulty affecting pronunciation) 
• Vocal cord nodules
• It is often not possible to identify a particular cause for a speech and language difficulty.

c. Speech and language therapists may also liaise with the following relevant people:

• Parents and families
• Carers
• Teachers
• Friends
• Colleagues